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I've been really into this album of late... man there is nothing like listening to this at night, in bed, with headphones on... just takes me away... more so then I've experienced with any other album... I like it, the first cd is real relaxing and melodic, and the second is like a nuclear war, or futuristic battle in some places... freaky stuff!! |
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hmm, i may have to invest in that. i saw it for £5 the other day. i've got accelerator and dead cities, plus a couple of singles and they are all very good, i have to be in the right mood for it though. |
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yeah, its perhaps fsol's best release... i remember the first time i heard "omnipresence" (2nd disc), it totally blew my mind, the melody was so strong and beautiful... |
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I used to love this band, esp. 'Lifeforms' and 'ISDN', but these days it feels quite boring in parts. There are good tracks, but you have to wade through all the 'ambient' messing about in between tracks. But 'Accelerator' is brilliant. |
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yeah, that's my only problem with the album, the weird intros and stuff to the songs... but it makes for a cool listen as a whole... but if you just want to listen to individual tracks from time to time, it's annoying! |
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Have you got their early Amorphous Androgynous LP? I went looking everywhere for this when I was 16. Gave up, though. |
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I read an interview of 'em in Future Music mag and they came across as pretentious twats |
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I bought "accelerator" in 92, it is still one of my best purchases ever . "Lifeforms" isn?t even music - IMHO (the "Lifeforms" single is a bit better, though) |
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I agrree, grreat album But damn borring if you ain't in the mood. |
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Lifeforms is beautiful. Omnipresence is probably one of the best FSOL tracks imo. The simple beat and that awesome bass/synth. The way they change the cutoff and resonance on the synth. Eggshell is brilliant too. That jerky synthline is great, then the synth goes solo and the track goes into uber-beauty. Cascade (and the whole Cascade EP) is superb. There are some beautiful spots on the album that you don't pay attention to at first. Like the piano in Dead Skin Cells, that track is gorgeous. The piano drowns into some angelic choirs and the oldschool CR-78 snare and beat comes in. -P |
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Great record. Thats spooky that this post was created I'm just listening to it now. |
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It's classic, shame their later Amorphous Androgynous stuff is second-hand hippy-rehash with pointless crabby vocals. Maybe the prog-rockers inside them finally could not be denied, but neither can ISDN or Lifeforms be denied, and to think I haven't even heard Accelerator or Dead Cities yet.. |
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Lifeforms is stunning and so are isdn and dead cities, accelerator is really not to my liking apart from two tracks those being Papa new guinea and expander i found the rest a bit dull. |
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I recall the Amorphous Androgynous stuff being quite good. You know they worked with Ozric Tentacles on Lifeforms. |
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Shit I remember the hype surrounding 'Lifeforms' at the time. It was so huge at the time. Bigger than Aphex you couldn't go anywhere without missing it. |
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i went to my gran's and missed it. |
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? Shame the Issness was so bad. Amazing to think that FSOL have had a number 1. Thats something Aphex has yet to achieve. |
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When? I really didn't know that. |
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i like Among Myselves and Room 208. damn funky. |
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kochlear, Yes yes yes. I was just about to say that. Room 208 is goddam awesome stand out track by a long shot. |
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It's my fave as well!!! |
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you are right funk i love to listen to the album life forms then go for the singles for extended enterpetations there is a point on the album where it feels as an UFO is flying around...disc 2 i believe |
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I really love reading Gary Cobain interviews actually - I've always thought he's one of the most interesting people working in music these days. Well worth reading his writings/journal thing on the FSOL website... I actually quite like their new stuff - The Papua New Guinea Translations thing had a couple of real nice tracks on there. Think the next proper FSOL album might really be something! |
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I'm certainly hoping so, because i thought the isness is wank. I think i'll have a look at the journal though, it could be interesting. |
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